The strcoll Function

The strcoll function compares two strings according to the current locale. The first parameter is the first string for comparison, the second is the second string. The function returns 0 if the strings are identical, a number -1 if the first string is less than the second, and a number greater than 1 if the first string is greater than the second.

Syntax

strcoll(string1, string2);

Example

Comparing strings with different locales:

<?php
	setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'en_US.UTF-8');
	$res1 = strcoll('apple', 'banana');
	
	setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'de_DE.UTF-8');
	$res2 = strcoll('äpfel', 'zebra');
	
	echo $res1;
	echo $res2;
?>

Code execution result:

-1
-1

Example

Comparing identical strings:

<?php
	setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'ru_RU.UTF-8');
	$res = strcoll('строка', 'строка');
	echo $res;
?>

Code execution result:

0

The strcoll Function

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